Rope-fastener



' J. GIBBONS.

ROPE FASTBNBR.

Patented Nov 8 1881 ww/www.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN GIBBONS, OF WEST TROY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO OHARLESR. HICKS AND JOHN H. REYNOLDS, BOTH OF TROY, NEW YORK.4

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,334, dated November 8, 1881.

. Application inea september 6,1881. (Nomade.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G1EBoNs,of West Troy, inthe county of Albany and Stateof New York, have inv( nted a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Eyes for Fastening on Ropes, Straps, Sto., of which the following is a specilication. y

Myinvention relates to improvements in adjustable eyes for attaching to ropes, straps, and other material used for cattle-ties and other similar appliances; and it consists in combining a gripingeye adapted to fit a rope, strap, 85e., and provided with a screw-threaded stem projecting' radially therefrom, a nut tted to screw on the stem of the griping-eye, provided with a loop or eye for receiving a hook or other attaching device, and a sleeve or socket adapted to t over the screw-stem of the gripingeye and to receive the pressure of the nut in such manner that the rope or strap will be griped between the lower part of the griping veye and the lower end of the sleeve, to hold the device firmly in any required position on the rope or strap. y

The object of my invention is to provide an eye that can befreadilyadjusted and securely held in any place on a rope or strap when it is required.

`In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and to'which reference is made herein, Figure l is a side elevation of my invention as applied to arope; Fig. 2, a plan View; Fig. 3, an elevation, with the sleeve in section; Fig. 4, a side elevation, with the nut and sleeve in section; and Fig. 5, a modied form ot' the device as adapted to use on a strap.

As represented in the drawings, A is the griping-eye, made of metal, and of any sizeand form suited to the use to which it is tobe ap-` plied. A stern, a, projects radially from the periphery of said eye, and is provided with a suitable screw-thread cut thereon.

and the socketas and B is a nut fitted to screw on the thread on the stem a, and provided with an eye, b, which projects laterally from one side of said nut..

Gis a socket or sleeve, formed to slip freely over the Stem a, and terminating at its lower end in the cheeks c, which pass down at each side ofthe eye A, and are fashioned at their lower ends either to tit a rope, as shown in Fig. 3, or a strap, as shown in Fig. 4.

The mode ot attaching my improved eye is as follows: The nutB is lirstsuffciently slackened to permit the device to slip freely on the rope or strap until it reaches the required position, and then by screwing down the nut B the rope or strap is clamped between the bottom of the socket (l and the lower part of the eye A with suii'icient tenacity to retain the device in position against any reasonable strain.

I claim as my invention- 1. An adjustable eye for attaching to ropes,

straps, Sie., composed of a griping-eye, A, provided with a radial stem, a, having a screwthread cut thereon, a nut, B, provided with au eye, b, and fitted to screw on the stem a, and the sleeve'O, adapted to slip over the stem a, and provided with pendent cheeks c, all coilstructed and arranged to operate as herein specified.

2. In an adjustable eye for attaching to ropes, straps, Sac., the combination, with a griping-eye, A, provided with the radial stem a, as herein described, of the nut B, provided with an eye, b, and the socket C, said .nut and socket being arranged in relation to the eye A as herein set forth-that is to say, so that a rope or .strap passing through the eye A may be clamped between the lower lpart of said eye for the purpose herein specified.

JOHN GIBBONS.

Witnesses WILLIAM H. Low, J. H. REYNOLDS. 

